Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized the Biden administration’s willingness to restart nuclear talks with Iran, fearing that they could lead to relief from sanctions and concessions, but few substantial changes in the country’s nuclear policy. country.
“The ayatollah only understands strength. I led a response to the Iranian threat that protected the American people from terror and supported the Jewish state of Israel, “Pompeo told the Washington Free Beacon on Thursday.” The adoption of the accommodation model of the European Union will guarantee Iran the path to a nuclear arsenal. “
Pompeo’s statements came on the same day that the State Department said it would like an invitation to restore diplomacy with Iran.
In 2018, the Trump administration withdrew from the deal three years after the Obama administration brokered it with Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and the European Union. The agreement reduced sanctions against Iran in exchange for the country reducing its reserve of enriched uranium needed to power nuclear weapons.
Since the U.S. withdrawal, Iran has admitted it has breached the 2015 agreement by using advanced centrifuges that enrich uranium in an underground plant.
Pompeo credited the Trump administration’s firmness, saying that European nations “wanted to appease the Iranian theocracy throughout my time as Secretary of State.”
“We refused,” he said.
Earlier this week, Pompey said America must show strength when dealing with Iran.
“When the Iranians feel weak, they will attack,” Pompeo told Fox News @ Night. “What we did is that when they came after an American, we made it very clear: if they attacked an American through a force representing Iraq, if they attacked an American through Hezbollah in Syria, wherever it was, wherever Iran was, we were going to hold the Iranians accountable, this is the kind of force that built the model of deterrence we had on Iran. I hope this current administration does not give up on that. “.